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July - September 2017
Quarter in Focus
Completing 38 years of its journey on May 19,
2017 was an important milestone for IPS in the
second quarter of this year. The period also
featured the traditional and one of the most
important annual activities of the Institute:
providing analytical inputs and
recommendations regarding economic policies
and budget planning put forth by the federal
government. It was followed by dissemination (L-R): Shamila Mahmood, Ashfaq Mahmood, Mirza Hamid Hasan and Khalid Rahman
of consequent budget review report to the
media as well as the relevant stakeholders. Kishanganga & Ratle Projects: Deliberating on IWTs
Another significant activity of the Institute Dispute Resolution Mechanism & the Way Forward
during the quarter included a deliberation on A clear legal interpretation by International Mahmood, International Law and Development
Kishanganga and the Ratle project, which Court of Arbitration (ICA) bars construction of Expert, who was speaking at the session titled
stressed that a clear legal interpretation by the any Indus Water Treaty (IWT)-pertaining Kishanganga & Ratle Projects: Deliberating
International Court of Arbitration bars any type project without its prior dispute resolution, and
of construction on Indus waters without prior on IWTs Dispute Resolution Mechanism & the
this exegesis should stringently be followed as Way Forward, which was held at the Institute
approval. A session organized in Quetta, in
its binding for both the countries.
collaboration with Balochistan Bar Council, of Policy Studies (IPS), Islamabad on April 5,
attempted to identify the measures the people These views were expressed by Shamila 2017. Continued on Page 02
of Balochistan want to be taken by the
federation to address their grievances. Investment Climate and Opportunities in Pakistan
Under IPS China program the most The roundtable 'Investment delegates from Sichuan
noteworthy activity was a session on current Climate and Opportunities in Chamber of Commerce and
investment climate in Pakistan hosting a Pakistan', which was Commercial Services
delegation of Chinese investors discussing partaken by a delegation of (SCCCS) and Pakistan
emerging business opportunities in the Chinese investors visiting Study Centre (PSC),
country. EP-IPS also visited China to Pakistan to explore various Sichuan University,
participate in Belt and Road Global Think Tank business and investment Chengdu, China, were
Forum (BRF) and the Fifth Global Think Tank opportunities, was organized apprised of the prevailing
Summit, alongside having a meeting with by IPS on May 20, 2017. and emerging business
Chinese scholars discussing important issues potential in Pakistan. It was
The visitors, comprising Dr Song Zhihui
highlighted that the rate of
like CPEC and regional security. Two Chinese Continued on Page 03
delegations also visited IPS during the period.
Review of Federal Budget (2017-18) at IPS
IPS hosted a visit of an Italian think tank,
As part of the a session titled Federal Budget 2017-18: A
Center for International Studies (Ce.I.S. -
traditional Review held on May 31, 2017.
Centro Studi Internazionali), too, sharing exercise at IPS to
insights about Pakistans domestic and The session was addressed by Masud Daher,
provide
international politics. IPS researchers former federal secretary and senior IPS
research-based
presented their work in a conference 'Pakistan associate as a main presenter while the
inputs to the
in Regional Context' held at the Sialkot Institute's lead research coordinator Irfan
federal
campus of University of Management and Shahzad coordinated it. IPS Executive
government on President Khalid Rahman was also present on
Technology (UMT). budget-making,
the occasion.
the budget
IPS LEAD the Learning, Excellence and proposed for the A detailed post- budget review based on the
Development Program of the Institute Masud Daher fiscal year proceeding was published exclusively in The
organized an insightful session on the 2017-18 was reviewed by an IPS Task Force News and on IPS website.
comprising senior researchers and policy For detailed report, visit:
Continued on Page 03 practitioners and their views were recorded in http://ips.org.pk/economy/2128-federal-budget-201718-a-review
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IPS, in collaboration with Balochistan Bar The roundtable was partaken by various Kanrani, advocate general, Balochistan, Rahib
Council, organized a roundtable titled eminent names alogside EP-IPS Khalid Khan Buledi, advocate, Ms Sabra Islam,
'Balochistan: Current Situation and The Way Rahman, some of which included Abdul Rauf advocate, Prof Manzoor Baloch, Balochistan
Forward', on April 13, 2017 in Quetta. Mengal, former MNA, Dr Ishaque Baloch, University, Dr Sham Kumar, analyst, and
The session was aimed at identifying what political leader, Dr Abdul Hakeem Lehri, journalists Aman Shadenzai, Saleem Shahid,
measures the people of Balochistan feel political leader, Abdul Hayee Baloch, former Aminullah Fitrat, and Farooq Sarwar.
should be taken to address their grievances senator, Aslam Bhootani, former speaker,
and set the province on the path of peace and Balochistan Assembly, Hadayat-ur-Rahman, For detailed report, visit:
secretary, JI Balochistan, Munir Ahmed Badini, http://ips.org.pk/whats-new/128-roundtable/2113-balochistan-
prosperity. current-situation-and-the-way-forward
former education secretary, Amanullah Khan
EP-IPS visits official Continued from Page - 01 - Kishanganga & Ratle Projects
think tank of CPC Alongside Shamila, the session was accordance with the human rights.
addressed by Ashfaq Mahmood, Water and She said that even in case of Ratle project,
Energy Expert & Former Secretary Water &
Power, and Mirza Hamid Hasan, Former
Secretary Water & Power and member,
IPS-National Academic Council.
She said that India has always raised
objections in any project in disputed territory
Executive President IPS Khalid Rahman claiming that it requires NOC, and
visited Beijing, China on the invitation of unfortunately Indias version has always been
China Institute of Contemporary International supported by the World Bank, but when
Relations (CICIR) -- the official think tank of Pakistan raises similar questions over some
the Communist Party of China (CPC) -- from Indian project, one of the responses it always
May 3 to 5, 2017 where he held meetings with gets is that the project will not affect Pakistan. India was ignoring an international decision,
the Institutes team of scholars. This however is incorrect because such which was also a domestic mechanism that it
projects do affect Pakistan because it is a had to honor the arbitration determination.
The hosting team, which was headed by Hu lower riparian. Plus it also need be considered Even its own domestic laws stress on honoring
Shisheng, director, Institute of South and in such cases that whether the parameters set the arbitration determination, but it was
Southeast Asian and Oceania Studies, CICIR, by the treaty are being met or not. Now when deliberately ignoring this to suit its interest.
had a discussion with him with special focus the World Bank does not allow Pakistan
on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor funding for any such project over Indias
For detailed report, visit:
http://ips.org.pk/whats-new/92-seeminar/2110-kishanganga-
(CPEC), Pak-China relations, and issues objections, then the case should be taken up a-ratle-projects-deliberating-on-iwts-dispute-resolution-
related to the security situation of the region. against the World Bank because its not in mechanism-a-the-way-forward
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investment was on the rise in the country and special economic zones. All of these indicators countrys population comprising young
the GDP had also been going up for the last were healthy enough from investors point of workforce, a large pool of scientists,
six years. There had been 16 per cent growth view to start investing their capitals in the engineers, bankers, lawyers, and other
in company registrations in the last year. The country. professionals, the improved economic outlook,
government was already pursuing an agenda a robust stock market, and the establishment
It was also mentioned that over 700 Chinese
of fiscal reforms, whereas with the recorded of a number of special economic zones across
companies were already working in Pakistan
increase of 6.4 per cent in per capita income the countrys landscape were some of the
in various sectors such as manufacturing,
during the last year, the consumer base was reasons attracting foreign investments in
electronics, textile, etc. The scope of
growing in Pakistan, more brands were Pakistan. Agriculture, energy, plant manufac-
opportunities for Chinese companies working
coming in, foreign remittances were turing, shipping, transportation, real estate as
in Pakistan had grown so much in recent years
increasing, trade industry was flourishing, the well as the establishment of large warehouses
that they have even formed their own
population itself was growing and along with it in the country were identified as some of the
Chamber of Commerce in Lahore by the name
the size of the middle class in the country was potential areas for Chinese investment.
of China-Pakistan Chamber of Commerce.
also growing. Adding to it the incentives
For detailed report, visit:
offered for business investment by the It was viewed that the strategic location of http://ips.org.pk/whats-new/129-visit/2123-investment-
government - such as significant tax Pakistan that serves as a gateway connecting climate-and-opportunities-in-pakistan
exemptions in areas like Gwadar and other Asia with Central Asia, over 60 per cent of the
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Sharing Insights
EP-IPS attends Belt and Road Global Think Tank Delegation from CICIR
Forum in China discusses regional
On the invitation of China developments
Center for International A 4-member delegation from China Institutes
Economic Exchanges of Contemporary International Relations
(CCIEE), EP-IPS Khalid (CICIR) visited IPS on May 16, 2017. It was
Rahman participated in the led by Fu Xiaoqiang, director, CICIR Institute
Belt and Road Global of Security and Arms Control Studies.
Think Tank Forum (BRF) The delegation discussed various matters of
and the Fifth Global Think shared interests with the Institute team
Tank Summit, held including, but not limited to, the developing
respectively on May 14 and scenario in the region especially vis--vis
15, 2017 in Beijing, China Afghanistan, the security situation of the
It worths a mention here that BRF was the region and the role that CPEC can play in
highest-level forum under the Belt and Road participants from Pakistani side included uplifting the economic outlook of the South
Sartaj Aziz, Pakistans advisor to the PM on Asian region as whole.
Initiative (BRI), which aimed at discussing
ways to boost cooperation, build collaboration Foreign Affairs, Shaukat Aziz, current director The team from IPS partaking the session
platforms and share outcomes of coaction with of Boao Forum for Asia and former Prime included Executive President IPS Khalid
the stakeholders. Minister of Pakistan, and Mustafa Said, Rahman, Institutes Lead Coordinator Irfan
executive director, Pak-China Institute. Shahzad, GM Operations Naufil Shahrukh,
The forum was participated by the Assistant Research Coordinator
representatives of ministerial-level The BRF forum was followed by Fifth Global
Mairaj-ul-Hamid Nasri, and Assistant
delegations, heads of international Think Tank Summit having a theme Research Coordinator Waqar-un-Nisa.
organizations, former foreign dignitaries, Gathering Wisdom for Promoting Global
well-known entrepreneurs, subject experts, Growth. Rahman delivered a presentation on
and scholars from various countries. the occasion titled Connectivity and BRI: A
Shifting Paradigm.
Alongside EP-IPS Khalid Rahman, the
IPS researchers present papers in UMT conference
papers titled 'Pakistan-Afghanistan
Relations: Nature, Issues,
Challenges and Prospects' and
'Pak-India Equation: Determinants,
Dynamics and the Outlook' Delegation from Italian think
respectively.
Nasri, in his study, stressed on
tank Centro Studi Internazionali
building upon existing historical and A delegation from Italian think tank Center for
cultural linkages between Pakistan International Studies (Ce.I.S. - Centro Studi
and Afghanistan to better the Internazionali) visited IPS on April 26, 2017.
bilateral relations. This, he viewed,
could be done by increasing The delegation comprised the think tank's
people-to-people contact between the two President Andrea Margelletti and analysts
IPS was represented by its research team Gabreile Iacovino and Francesca Manenti.
members Mairaj ul Hamid Nasri and Waqar countries at multiple levels.
un Nisa in a conference titled 'Pakistan in Waqar-un-Nisa on the other hand looked at IPS was represented by Executive
Regional Context', which was organized by various determinants, dynamics and the need President Khalid Rahman, along with the
University of Management and Technology of sustainable conflict resolution mechanism Institute's team members Irfan Shehzad,
(UMT), Sialkot campus, on May 24, 2017. between Pakistan and India to ensure Syed Nadeem Farhat, Brig (r) Said Nazir,
The two researchers presented their research peaceful future of South Asia. Mairaj ul Hamid Nasri and Waqar un Nisa.
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Pakistan and Its Neighbors - Special issue of Policy Perspectives (Vol. 14, No. 1)
Titled Pakistan persistent cordiality between Pakistan and with Oman looks into the relationship of the
and Its China, and the recently added impetus to this neighbors connected through Arabian Sea
Neighbors, a relationship with the advent of China Pakistan rather than the land. The piece suggests that
special issue of Economic Corridor (CPEC), and the though Pak-Oman relations have generally
Policy extraordinary prospects brought forth with it. remained cordial, they remain short of being as
Perspectives The second article Pakistan-India Equation: robust as the potential suggests, and should be
the cemented further by devising joint strategies.
Determinants, Dynamics and the Outlook
peer-reviewed reiterates the need of a sustainable conflict The final piece Pakistan and Regional
flagship journal resolution mechanism between Pakistan and Cooperation Organizations: Towards a
of Institute of India, assisted by third party mediation, in Futuristic Approach studies Pakistans
Policy Studies order to restraint the region from arm race and association with Economic Cooperation
(IPS), the threat of nuclear war, as well as to ensure a Organization (ECO), South Asian Association
Islamabad prosperous and peaceful future for South Asia. for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), and
has been Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO),
published now The third piece Pak-Afghan Ties: Evolution,
stressing the need that the inter-organization
and is widely available for the readers. Challenges and the Way Forward summarizes
cooperation and sub-regional initiatives should
the profile of Pakistan-Afghanistan relations,
IPS has been pursuing the theme Pakistan be further explored and fostered.
identifies the challenges, envisages the
and Its Neighbors for past several years. prospects and proposes ways for narrowing It may be mentioned that Policy Perspectives is
Considering the wide-ranging bilateral, regional the gap between existing and desired format of co-published internationally with UK-based
and global significance of the subject and its relationship. Pluto Journals and is also made available
emerging dynamics, the Institute has now online via JSTOR, Factiva and allied
published its work on the topic in a single, The piece Pak-Iran Relations: Evolving
databases. It is recognized by Higher
comprehensive volume. Dynamics, Prospects and Approaches
Education Commission of Pakistan in Y
juxtaposes Pakistan-Iran relations in the
This issue takes a holistic view of all of changing regional balance of power from two category. It is also abstracted/indexed by
Pakistans four land neighbors, the lone angles: i) history of the bilateral relations, ii) International Political Science Association
maritime neighbor, as well as its association present issues and concerns. It also makes (IPSA) in its database published by EBSCO
with regional cooperation organizations. and OVID websites and in print by Sage.
plausible policy recommendations for
The first article Pakistan and China: strengthening the bilateral ties in the future. For further details, visit:
http://ips.org.pk/eventsupdates/whatnew/ newpublication
Partnership, Prospects and the Course Ahead The Maritime Neighbor: Pakistans Relations /2114-pakistan-and-its-neighbors-the-special-issue-of-policy-
covers the span of over six decades of perspectives-vol-14-no-1
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